Buy-to-let market alive and kicking

Some 51 per cent of brokers think the number of new landlords will increase in 2011, compared to 24 per cent who think it will decrease, data from The Mortgage Works (TMW) has shown.

Around 48 per cent of brokers believe professional landlords will buy more properties in 2011 and 32 per cent claimed that professional landlords will hold on to their properties and not make any more purchases.

Of the 15 per cent of brokers who think professional landlords will sell some of their properties, 12 per cent thought professional landlords will sell and buy properties. Read More: